From: sam AT greenaumARSE!ARSE!ARSE!.demon.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How to convert a selector into a pointer?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:56:19 GMT
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Wouldn't it be easier to just copy the data from DOS memory into a
protected-memory buffer with movedata(), then just work on the buffer?
The amount of protection faults my crappy programming generates, I
wouldn't want to take any chances needlessly.

This is all in the FAQ, there are 3 main methods of accessing DOS
memory, and movedata() is safest and easiest, though a bit slow cos of
the copying.

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